Region North CanterburyAddress Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cnr Kilmore and Durham Streets, ChristchurchPhone (03) 3657799Website click hereSpeak to our chef When making your booking, please ask to speak to Tony Smith or Antony Page to make arrangements for your game.Menu Click here to see our Gamebird Festival menu.Cooking gamebirds until end of August 2009

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Introduction to Gamebird Hunting Pack

Fish & Game NZ have developed this excellent pack in order to assist new and returning hunters. Only $5 - available from your local F&G regional office, Hunting and Fishing New Zealand and other good hunting stores around the country.

Preparing Your Gamebirds

We have put together some guidelines on how to prepare your birds to get the best dining experience. Click the image to download a PDF.

Pukeko & Swan

I'm sure you know the old tale about boiling a pukeko with a stone and veges for 2 days then throwing out the pukeko and eating the stone? Don't you believe it! Gamebird recipes have moved on from duck, duck and the occassional pheasant.

A classic NZ recipe (in both ingredients and linguistic style) is Pukeko and Paua Soup recipe from Keith Stewart’s blog. It’s worth a read for the style of the writing alone!